Jesus Girls on a Mission- Losing Weight Using God’s Plan

This is the first day for our forum. We hope you will join us on our mission. Not all of the posts will be this long : ) but we wanted to introduce you to our thread, our goals and format. So, let me get started(btw-I am the long winded one) We are Jesus Girls on a Mission to get fit and healthy using scripture, conversation, support, goals. This is not another diet plan, but a place where we all can find support and encouragement. A place where we will have friendship, chat about any and everything, but keep our focus on our main purpose to get our bodies where they will honor & serve God and our families. If you have any doubt about whether God cares about our body and our health-here is our team Verse that shows how much God cares about every inch of us. So let's get to gettin'down to business. Let's have fun as sisters in Christ,as we get control of our not so good eating and moving (exercise) habits. Let

Do you not know your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit? ...You were bought at a price. Therefore Honor God with your body.” 1 Cor. 6:19-20--NIV

We are a group of ladies that struggle with their weight and getting healthy. We offer no quick fixes or set diet plans. We know that getting healthy and the resulting weight loss is not only pleasing to God but also an act of obedience. From Genesis to Revelation, you will find God is concerned about our bodies, what we eat, drink, the way we care for it and use it.

Our goal is to serve God and help and motivate each other to lose and get healthy. We are of all Christian faiths and while each of our individual churches may have some doctrinal differences, our goal here is to just be a fellowship of women who have a personal relationship with Christ.

How does our forum work?

1. On Monday's a weekly motivational study based on the Bible, biblical principles or books.

2. Discussion questions, based on the study will be posted. We hope you will chose to participate in the discussion but it is not a requirement. I also encourage you to get a journal or have a journal on-line and answer these questions for your personal use. These will help strenghten you on your journey.

3. A weekly goal concerning food or exercise - We may have a daily goal at times.

4. A motivational word or thought for the week.

5. Set a quarterly goal for your individual weight loss.

6. A Friday Biggest Winner Weigh-in - Special crowning of a weekly queen for the one that lost the most weight each week. You know we women do best when we are competing :)

In addition to the Monday morning weekly study-visit the site daily for updates from your fellow Jesus Girls. Post your victories, disappointments, happy/sad just anything you feel like sharing with each other. As the Bible says, a heavy load or burden is easier carried if you have some one to share the load, also, a cord with 3 strands, is harder to break than a cord with 1 strand. Consider each of your team members as someone who can help you with your burdens. As a group our cord will have many theads, so if one starts to fray, the others can help to mend the fray and keep us all focused on the goal, - Cleaning out the junk in our "temple" and making it a beautiful, clean, healthy "temple" where God can dwell.

We can do this because we are

Jesus Girls!

This is the first day for our forum. We hope you will join us on our mission. Not all of the posts will be this long : ) but we wanted to introduce you to our thread, our goals and format. So, let me get started(btw-I am the long winded one) We are Jesus Girls on a Mission to get fit and healthy using scripture, conversation, support, goals. This is not another diet plan, but a place where we all can find support and encouragement. A place where we will have friendship, chat about any and everything, but keep our focus on our main purpose to get our bodies where they will honor & serve God and our families. If you have any doubt about whether God cares about our body and our health-here is our team Verse that shows how much God cares about every inch of us. So let's get to gettin'down to business. Let's have fun as sisters in Christ,as we get control of our not so good eating and moving (exercise) habits. Let

Do you not know your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit? ...You were bought at a price. Therefore Honor God with your body.” 1 Cor. 6:19-20--NIV

We are a group of ladies that struggle with their weight and getting healthy. We offer no quick fixes or set diet plans. We know that getting healthy and the resulting weight loss is not only pleasing to God but also an act of obedience. From Genesis to Revelation, you will find God is concerned about our bodies, what we eat, drink, the way we care for it and use it.

Our goal is to serve God and help and motivate each other to lose and get healthy. We are of all Christian faiths and while each of our individual churches may have some doctrinal differences, our goal here is to just be a fellowship of women who have a personal relationship with Christ.

How does our forum work?

1. On Monday's a weekly motivational study based on the Bible, biblical principles or books.

2. Discussion questions, based on the study will be posted. We hope you will chose to participate in the discussion but it is not a requirement. I also encourage you to get a journal or have a journal on-line and answer these questions for your personal use. These will help strenghten you on your journey.

3. A weekly goal concerning food or exercise - We may have a daily goal at times.

4. A motivational word or thought for the week.

5. Set a quarterly goal for your individual weight loss.

6. A Friday Biggest Winner Weigh-in - Special crowning of a weekly queen for the one that lost the most weight each week. You know we women do best when we are competing :)

In addition to the Monday morning weekly study-visit the site daily for updates from your fellow Jesus Girls. Post your victories, disappointments, happy/sad just anything you feel like sharing with each other. As the Bible says, a heavy load or burden is easier carried if you have some one to share the load, also, a cord with 3 strands, is harder to break than a cord with 1 strand. Consider each of your team members as someone who can help you with your burdens. As a group our cord will have many theads, so if one starts to fray, the others can help to mend the fray and keep us all focused on the goal, - Cleaning out the junk in our "temple" and making it a beautiful, clean, healthy "temple" where God can dwell.

Are you ready to get started on our mission? First of all let me tell you a little about myself. I am Meri and live in Madison TN which is about 10 miles from downtown Nashville. My husband and I have been married for 37 years and we are owned by 2 kitties. I have struggled on and off with weight since I was a teenager. When I joined my 1st online weight loss, I weighed 211, the most I have every weighed. I have lost close to 40lbs. and have about 25 more to go to reach my goal weight. As I have journed my way, I my faith and giving my ups and downs to God rather than food helped me so much-I did a wonderful study by Lisa Terkurst called Made to Crave God not Food and that helped me keep focused on God, not food-(or most of the time)

This forum is started by 3 of us that were part of another group. Ruth, Carol are the other 2 ladies. Carol started the 1st weight loss site I had ever been a part of and Ruth, next to Carol, had been with the site longer than anyone other than Carol. Ruth is a northern girl who wound up in MS, and Carol, like me is a southern girl and lives in NC. But they will tell you their story. We are women of faith and have a wonderful friendship. We wanted to start a faith based forum where we could study,share our faith ,laugh,pout,cry and all of those other emotions with each other and others that choose to join us on our mission to get God's "temple" cleared of the junk and be shiny and clean and acceptable to Him.

So we can get to know you better, copy and paste the below to your post and fill it out. We don't even know you yet or who God will send our way, but the 3 of us are excited and ready to go.

First Name Meri

City/State Madison TN

Starting weight 170

Goal Weight 150

Birthday May 25

Anything you want to share about you or your family, weight struggles - See above for me-post as much or as little as you want - already told you I am the long winded 1 of the 3 of us : )

Blessings

Meri

Who are we?

Are you ready to get started on our mission? First of all let me tell you a little about myself. I am Meri and live in Madison TN which is about 10 miles from downtown Nashville. My husband and I have been married for 37 years and we are owned by 2 kitties. I have struggled on and off with weight since I was a teenager. When I joined my 1st online weight loss, I weighed 211, the most I have every weighed. I have lost close to 40lbs. and have about 25 more to go to reach my goal weight. As I have journed my way, I my faith and giving my ups and downs to God rather than food helped me so much-I did a wonderful study by Lisa Terkurst called Made to Crave God not Food and that helped me keep focused on God, not food-(or most of the time)

This forum is started by 3 of us that were part of another group. Ruth, Carol are the other 2 ladies. Carol started the 1st weight loss site I had ever been a part of and Ruth, next to Carol, had been with the site longer than anyone other than Carol. Ruth is a northern girl who wound up in MS, and Carol, like me is a southern girl and lives in NC. But they will tell you their story. We are women of faith and have a wonderful friendship. We wanted to start a faith based forum where we could study,share our faith ,laugh,pout,cry and all of those other emotions with each other and others that choose to join us on our mission to get God's "temple" cleared of the junk and be shiny and clean and acceptable to Him.

So we can get to know you better, copy and paste the below to your post and fill it out. We don't even know you yet or who God will send our way, but the 3 of us are excited and ready to go.

First Name Meri

City/State Madison TN

Starting weight 170

Goal Weight 150

Birthday May 25

Anything you want to share about you or your family, weight struggles - See above for me-post as much or as little as you want - already told you I am the long winded 1 of the 3 of us : )

Here we are-Are you ready for a new adventure and a new approach to weight loss? If is Friday so put you starting weight down and let's get started

Meri - 170

Monthly Goal - lose 5#

Morning Devotional

As I was thinking about us this morning and the misson ahead God brought the following scripture to my mind

Daniel 1:1-21 Key Verses: 12-15 -NIV

Israel and been captured by the Babylonians. The king ordered that healthy, bright, strong young men be brought to the palace. They were to be trained for 3 years and then enter the king's service. Part of this training was to enjoy the food/drink from the king's table. But Daniel and his friends wanted no part of that food. They wanted food that was pleasing to God and would keep strong physically and mentally.

12-Please test your servants for 10 days: Give us nothing but vegatables to eat and water to drink. 13. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food ...15. At the end of the 10 days, they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.

Reflection:What would you do? All those wonderful goodies, delicacies of every kind. All you had to do is lean back on your table and eat. Isn't that how most of us have become overweight? We see the "king's" rich food and eat it.

Read the 1st chaper of Dan. 1 and look closely at verses 4 & 5 Do you see anything lacking in the king's training orders?

Now, I am not advocating a diet of nothing but veggies and water-I would starve to death-Not the biggest veggie eater-but the point Daniel was making, eating a steady diet of rich food and drink (whether it is wine or other calorie, sugar laden packing drinks) is not healthy and will do nothing but continue to add the pounds on.

What is something that you eat or drink on a regular basis that is not the best for you? Something if you cut out or cut back on, would help you to lose those extra pounds and get healthier.

That is God's plan for us - to be the best "me" that I can be for God and my family.

Monday we will start our 1st weekly Bible study. I am looking forward to this study-

Housework calls - Yuck- I am definitely NOT a domestic "goddess" so I struggle with procrastination and keeping on task. But I will get a good workout if I accomplish what I need to do today. And I guess I better get up and give my kitties their treats Or maybe not-They think everytime I go to the kitchen they deserve treats-Hmmm Am I enabling to become "Fat Cats" : )

Father-Bless all who come to this forum. Help us to learn and grow together. May we learn to be aware of the awesome fact that You love every inch, every pound of us. That we are beautiful sisters just as we are. But You desire the best for us and of us. Help us to remember our bodies are Your temple. Help us to get rid of the junk we have put into that temple. I thank you for the realization that You will walk thru this journey to health and fitness. I thank you for those who are on this journey with me now and for those that come. In Christ's name we pray-Amen

Here we are-Are you ready for a new adventure and a new approach to weight loss? If is Friday so put you starting weight down and let's get started

Meri - 170

Monthly Goal - lose 5#

Morning Devotional

As I was thinking about us this morning and the misson ahead God brought the following scripture to my mind

Daniel 1:1-21 Key Verses: 12-15 -NIV

Israel and been captured by the Babylonians. The king ordered that healthy, bright, strong young men be brought to the palace. They were to be trained for 3 years and then enter the king's service. Part of this training was to enjoy the food/drink from the king's table. But Daniel and his friends wanted no part of that food. They wanted food that was pleasing to God and would keep strong physically and mentally.

12-Please test your servants for 10 days: Give us nothing but vegatables to eat and water to drink. 13. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food ...15. At the end of the 10 days, they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.

Reflection:What would you do? All those wonderful goodies, delicacies of every kind. All you had to do is lean back on your table and eat. Isn't that how most of us have become overweight? We see the "king's" rich food and eat it.

Read the 1st chaper of Dan. 1 and look closely at verses 4 & 5 Do you see anything lacking in the king's training orders?

Now, I am not advocating a diet of nothing but veggies and water-I would starve to death-Not the biggest veggie eater-but the point Daniel was making, eating a steady diet of rich food and drink (whether it is wine or other calorie, sugar laden packing drinks) is not healthy and will do nothing but continue to add the pounds on.

What is something that you eat or drink on a regular basis that is not the best for you? Something if you cut out or cut back on, would help you to lose those extra pounds and get healthier.

That is God's plan for us - to be the best "me" that I can be for God and my family.

Monday we will start our 1st weekly Bible study. I am looking forward to this study-

Housework calls - Yuck- I am definitely NOT a domestic "goddess" so I struggle with procrastination and keeping on task. But I will get a good workout if I accomplish what I need to do today. And I guess I better get up and give my kitties their treats Or maybe not-They think everytime I go to the kitchen they deserve treats-Hmmm Am I enabling to become "Fat Cats" : )

Father-Bless all who come to this forum. Help us to learn and grow together. May we learn to be aware of the awesome fact that You love every inch, every pound of us. That we are beautiful sisters just as we are. But You desire the best for us and of us. Help us to remember our bodies are Your temple. Help us to get rid of the junk we have put into that temple. I thank you for the realization that You will walk thru this journey to health and fitness. I thank you for those who are on this journey with me now and for those that come. In Christ's name we pray-Amen

My
name is Ruth, I've been married to a wonderful man for 48 years, we
have four grown children, 13 grandchildren, and 13 greats with one
more on the way. I am originally a New England gal but we are retired
military – 30 years in the U. S. Army- and now reside in
Philadelphia, Mississippi. (Thought I was going to say Pennsylvania,
didn't you! Lol)

I
am partially disabled but I have a wonderful family and wonderful
Internet friends – two of which I have been able to meet in person.

Don't
feel sorry for me – I have them but most important of all, I am a
Jesus Girl and have accepted him as my Lord and Savior. I am
excited to be a part of this group. I started out here in July of
2007. I had already lost weight before joining Carol's weight loss
thread. I lost approximately 83 pounds total and kept at my goal
weight for two years. However, just before the holidays last year I
started gaining and I have put on 25# I have to get off – again.
However, I have Jesus to lean on so how can I fail?! Come join us!

First Name Ruth

City/State Philadelphia, MS

Starting weight 178.2

Goal Weight 155

BirthdayFebruary 25

My
name is Ruth, I've been married to a wonderful man for 48 years, we
have four grown children, 13 grandchildren, and 13 greats with one
more on the way. I am originally a New England gal but we are retired
military – 30 years in the U. S. Army- and now reside in
Philadelphia, Mississippi. (Thought I was going to say Pennsylvania,
didn't you! Lol)

I
am partially disabled but I have a wonderful family and wonderful
Internet friends – two of which I have been able to meet in person.

Don't
feel sorry for me – I have them but most important of all, I am a
Jesus Girl and have accepted him as my Lord and Savior. I am
excited to be a part of this group. I started out here in July of
2007. I had already lost weight before joining Carol's weight loss
thread. I lost approximately 83 pounds total and kept at my goal
weight for two years. However, just before the holidays last year I
started gaining and I have put on 25# I have to get off – again.
However, I have Jesus to lean on so how can I fail?! Come join us!

So glad I found out you are starting up another group. I have missed all of you.

I really think I am in the right mindset to do this. I just don't know why it is so hard, but I know all of you can relate to me here. No more down in the dumps attitude, only I can make the changes necessary. And, with God's help, I know I can do it!!

I started journaling again today, going to do the points thing (you know which diet I'm talking about). I just get overwhelmed when I try and keep track of too many things: calories, fat, protein, carbs, sodium, etc. So, if I do the points thing, it feels more manageable to me.

Look forward to hearing from all of you more and finding out how we can best encourage and support each other. Take care ladies!

P.S. This is my second attempt at posting here, so we will see how it goes. Not sure what happened to the last one.

So glad I found out you are starting up another group. I have missed all of you.

I really think I am in the right mindset to do this. I just don't know why it is so hard, but I know all of you can relate to me here. No more down in the dumps attitude, only I can make the changes necessary. And, with God's help, I know I can do it!!

I started journaling again today, going to do the points thing (you know which diet I'm talking about). I just get overwhelmed when I try and keep track of too many things: calories, fat, protein, carbs, sodium, etc. So, if I do the points thing, it feels more manageable to me.

Look forward to hearing from all of you more and finding out how we can best encourage and support each other. Take care ladies!

P.S. This is my second attempt at posting here, so we will see how it goes. Not sure what happened to the last one.

Faced
with the King's food – would I have eaten it? I would like to
think I would be like Daniel. However, eating the King's food is how
I got to my highest weight.

The
King's training orders were for a pleasing appearance and to be
trained in wisdom, etc. Nothing was mentioned about the health of
these people. All four refused the unhealthy food they were ordered
to eat and proved in 10 weeks how much better the vegetables and
water were for them. I'm like you Meri –(except I love veggies) I
couldn't live on veggies and water alone either!

My
downfall everyday is having a sweet in the afternoon and then again
in the evening time. Sometimes I want popcorn and even though I have
reflux and sometimes it comes back up and chokes me, I still love to
eat it. I need to find an alternative.

Father-Bless
this forum and help us to lead ourselves and others to a healthier
way of life. In Jesus' name I pray.

Amen

Ruth
– 178.2

Monthly
goal – lose 8.2 pounds

Faced
with the King's food – would I have eaten it? I would like to
think I would be like Daniel. However, eating the King's food is how
I got to my highest weight.

The
King's training orders were for a pleasing appearance and to be
trained in wisdom, etc. Nothing was mentioned about the health of
these people. All four refused the unhealthy food they were ordered
to eat and proved in 10 weeks how much better the vegetables and
water were for them. I'm like you Meri –(except I love veggies) I
couldn't live on veggies and water alone either!

My
downfall everyday is having a sweet in the afternoon and then again
in the evening time. Sometimes I want popcorn and even though I have
reflux and sometimes it comes back up and chokes me, I still love to
eat it. I need to find an alternative.

Father-Bless
this forum and help us to lead ourselves and others to a healthier
way of life. In Jesus' name I pray.

My name is Vickie, I live in Murfreesboro TN, south east of Nashville. Actually we are in the heart of Tennessee (in the middle of the map). I been married to a wonderful man Jimmy for 40 years in Dec. we were a blind date. We have 3 children, and 6 grandkids and one on the way. My goal is to lose 5 lbs this month of Aug.

My name is Vickie, I live in Murfreesboro TN, south east of Nashville. Actually we are in the heart of Tennessee (in the middle of the map). I been married to a wonderful man Jimmy for 40 years in Dec. we were a blind date. We have 3 children, and 6 grandkids and one on the way. My goal is to lose 5 lbs this month of Aug.

Hello AllMy name is Carol. I live in North Carolina about 45 min from Raleigh.Iam 63 yrs young & have struggled with weight issues as long as i can remember.My highest weight was 290 lbs & i lost to 220 lbs. Iam now 230 lbs yesterday at doctors office.When i lost the 70 lbs i had a strong mind set to lose & nothing made me stray. Now i cannot seem to get that same mind set again no matter how much i think about it.I KNOW without a doubt that iam the reason i have gained & not lost. I had started eating ANYTHING & EVERYTHING & AS MUCH as i wanted to eat. Did i know it was the kings food ??? Of course i did but i just kept eating.I have backed off quite a bit but am still not completely back on track.I truly believe that having this group & allowing God to be our leader will help me & all of us if we will use God's word & follow His instructions for us. Meri has done a wonderful job of creating this thread for us to come together as friends & children of God to support each other while dealing with a disease that destroys happiness...families...friendships as well as keeps us from being the person that we could be due to being ashamed of ourselves & backing away from others.I too look foward to the Bible studies. Thank you to everyone !!

Hugs 2 AllCarol

Hello AllMy name is Carol. I live in North Carolina about 45 min from Raleigh.Iam 63 yrs young & have struggled with weight issues as long as i can remember.My highest weight was 290 lbs & i lost to 220 lbs. Iam now 230 lbs yesterday at doctors office.When i lost the 70 lbs i had a strong mind set to lose & nothing made me stray. Now i cannot seem to get that same mind set again no matter how much i think about it.I KNOW without a doubt that iam the reason i have gained & not lost. I had started eating ANYTHING & EVERYTHING & AS MUCH as i wanted to eat. Did i know it was the kings food ??? Of course i did but i just kept eating.I have backed off quite a bit but am still not completely back on track.I truly believe that having this group & allowing God to be our leader will help me & all of us if we will use God's word & follow His instructions for us. Meri has done a wonderful job of creating this thread for us to come together as friends & children of God to support each other while dealing with a disease that destroys happiness...families...friendships as well as keeps us from being the person that we could be due to being ashamed of ourselves & backing away from others.I too look foward to the Bible studies. Thank you to everyone !!

I was so happy to get the e-mail telling me about this site. I missed the daily (almost) postings and support of our group.

The King"s orders were probably what today's orders would be if a host was trying to give his guests the best of everything. We just don't always realize what the best is. Today's greatest chefs would kill us if we ate their food on a daily basis. They are the first to say they do not think about calories, fat, sugar etc. They just try to give their guests the best looking, tasting, and smelling food they can. I am afraid that if I were in Daniel's situation I would be looking forward to the King's food. However, I know from experience that after a few days I would be sick just thinking about it. That is what happens to me on every cruise I take. Pig out days 1,2, and 3 then not want food days 4,5,6 and 7. If we listen to the bodies God gave us we would know what to do. I feel so much better when I eat right and exercise. Why is it so hard to do this always?I do great and then get cravings that must be addressed.

My highest weight was 297 pounds. I am 5' 8" tall. Before I found this group I lost 97 pounds and wanted to loose another 25 or so. I regained a lot of what I lost and hit 251. I got back the motivation to loose what I had gained and what I still wanted to loose. I can't remember exactly what I weighed when I found this group. At present I weigh 216 1/4 pounds.

My name is Linda. I live in Kingwood, Texas. I am 63 years old soon to be 64 in December. I did not have a weight problem as a child. I thought I did in high school but I know now that I was where I should have been. The most I weighed was 148. I felt fat because all my classmates were of French heritage and weighed about 98 pounds. They were also short. I mean 4" 8" to about 5'5". We never compared height and my weight sounded so much higher than theirs. I should have grown up in a German community haha. South Louisiana has French people and great food. In college I gained the infamous Freshman fifteen but did not stop there. I was 185 when I married at age 25 and by the time I had my kids I was up in the 250"s and I have been up and down ever since. I am married to my second husband and he doesn't judge me according to my weight. I was 280 twenty two years ago when I married him.

I have two children and 3 grand children. My youngest is 1 month old and a joy. She is my first grand daughter and I have a 6 and 4 year old grandson.

My current weight 216 1/4My goal for the month of August 5 pounds.My goal for the rest of the year 16 1/4 poundsMy forever goal to get down to 160-175 pounds.

That's my story and I am looking forward to meeting new friends and studying God's word.

Linda

Good afternoon ! ! ! !

I was so happy to get the e-mail telling me about this site. I missed the daily (almost) postings and support of our group.

The King"s orders were probably what today's orders would be if a host was trying to give his guests the best of everything. We just don't always realize what the best is. Today's greatest chefs would kill us if we ate their food on a daily basis. They are the first to say they do not think about calories, fat, sugar etc. They just try to give their guests the best looking, tasting, and smelling food they can. I am afraid that if I were in Daniel's situation I would be looking forward to the King's food. However, I know from experience that after a few days I would be sick just thinking about it. That is what happens to me on every cruise I take. Pig out days 1,2, and 3 then not want food days 4,5,6 and 7. If we listen to the bodies God gave us we would know what to do. I feel so much better when I eat right and exercise. Why is it so hard to do this always?I do great and then get cravings that must be addressed.

My highest weight was 297 pounds. I am 5' 8" tall. Before I found this group I lost 97 pounds and wanted to loose another 25 or so. I regained a lot of what I lost and hit 251. I got back the motivation to loose what I had gained and what I still wanted to loose. I can't remember exactly what I weighed when I found this group. At present I weigh 216 1/4 pounds.

My name is Linda. I live in Kingwood, Texas. I am 63 years old soon to be 64 in December. I did not have a weight problem as a child. I thought I did in high school but I know now that I was where I should have been. The most I weighed was 148. I felt fat because all my classmates were of French heritage and weighed about 98 pounds. They were also short. I mean 4" 8" to about 5'5". We never compared height and my weight sounded so much higher than theirs. I should have grown up in a German community haha. South Louisiana has French people and great food. In college I gained the infamous Freshman fifteen but did not stop there. I was 185 when I married at age 25 and by the time I had my kids I was up in the 250"s and I have been up and down ever since. I am married to my second husband and he doesn't judge me according to my weight. I was 280 twenty two years ago when I married him.

I have two children and 3 grand children. My youngest is 1 month old and a joy. She is my first grand daughter and I have a 6 and 4 year old grandson.

My current weight 216 1/4My goal for the month of August 5 pounds.My goal for the rest of the year 16 1/4 poundsMy forever goal to get down to 160-175 pounds.

That's my story and I am looking forward to meeting new friends and studying God's word.

Hey All-What a wonderful surprise to see all of you on the thread and excited about our new journey together. I have missed everyone and posting daily. I can definitely see a decline in my motivation when I am not on the thread.

Vickie-KathyAnn, we expect to see you more often - no more of this 1 every 3 mos. : )

Well better go-hubby just came in so I'm off to get supper- Salads for both of us.

Talk with you later on

Hey All-What a wonderful surprise to see all of you on the thread and excited about our new journey together. I have missed everyone and posting daily. I can definitely see a decline in my motivation when I am not on the thread.

Vickie-KathyAnn, we expect to see you more often - no more of this 1 every 3 mos. : )

Well better go-hubby just came in so I'm off to get supper- Salads for both of us.

Ladies I want each of us to have a weight ticker. Think this will be a great visual motivator. I can make 1 for each of us or give you the link to make your own. Very easy-just enter a pin #, pick a bar and a marker, add your weight and it makes the ticker. Then you will copy the code and paste it here.

Ladies I want each of us to have a weight ticker. Think this will be a great visual motivator. I can make 1 for each of us or give you the link to make your own. Very easy-just enter a pin #, pick a bar and a marker, add your weight and it makes the ticker. Then you will copy the code and paste it here.

Where is everyone? I have been up for a couple of hours and have homemade spaghetti sauce started in the crock pot already. Loaded the dishwasher, started a load of wash and here I am!!!

I know you ladies have been supportive of me while I took classes and I am sooo happy to tell you that I will be completely done on August 15! Can we do a happy dance? So, I am taking my last two classes right now and see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yee hah!!

Going to a conference this afternoon, so I have to work on some school work this morning. I did really well with my food choices yesterday. I have so much trouble with food just constantly being on my mind and thinking I need to eat all the time (I know some of it is stress related). I have really just asked specifically for God to help me in this area, help clear my mind so I am not constantly thinking about food. And, it worked! I have to say the one time yesterday my stomach started growling, but then I had a WW frozen dinner and some water and felt stuffed. Go figure!! Then I made it until supper time. Family wanted to go out to Culver's restaurant. But, I made a wise choice and had chili. Always high in protein, low in carbs, good choice at anytime. Just leave the crackers out.

Take care everyone. Make wise choices and drink your water (still working on that one).

Kathyann

Here's my ticker, I'll see if it worked:

Good morning ladies,

Where is everyone? I have been up for a couple of hours and have homemade spaghetti sauce started in the crock pot already. Loaded the dishwasher, started a load of wash and here I am!!!

I know you ladies have been supportive of me while I took classes and I am sooo happy to tell you that I will be completely done on August 15! Can we do a happy dance? So, I am taking my last two classes right now and see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yee hah!!

Going to a conference this afternoon, so I have to work on some school work this morning. I did really well with my food choices yesterday. I have so much trouble with food just constantly being on my mind and thinking I need to eat all the time (I know some of it is stress related). I have really just asked specifically for God to help me in this area, help clear my mind so I am not constantly thinking about food. And, it worked! I have to say the one time yesterday my stomach started growling, but then I had a WW frozen dinner and some water and felt stuffed. Go figure!! Then I made it until supper time. Family wanted to go out to Culver's restaurant. But, I made a wise choice and had chili. Always high in protein, low in carbs, good choice at anytime. Just leave the crackers out.

Take care everyone. Make wise choices and drink your water (still working on that one).

Hope you all had a good week and I am so pleased with the response to yesterday’s devotional.There was 1 thing I found missing in the king’s order for the young men.Nowhere did I see were he had any physical training for them. It was all educational, proper court training, etc. Do you suppose that is why when we read about the kings that forgot God they are usually overweight?I know 1 king was killed by having a knife plunged into his belly and because he was so overweight, no one could see the knife. His servants & guards just thought he was sleeping.Are we killing ourselves with the hidden knife of overeating?

Devotion

God is so good. I had something planned for this morning but couldn’t find the book.Why looking for it, I found a Jan. 2009 Bible study book called Living in Awe of God. The study was on the book of Exodus & Israelites leaving the bondage of Egypt- From the plaques, to the 10 commandements to reaching the Promised Land. And here is what God impressed me to share with you.

Kathy-I just read your post. Now I know why God directed me to this devotional--Read on

Scripture:Ex. 15: 27; 16:1-34 NIV

Key Scripture Verses: 15:27- Then they came to Elim, where there were 12 springs & 70 palm trees & they camped there near the water.

16:1-3 – The whole Israelite community set out from Elim & came to the Desert of Sin… on the 15 day of the 2nd month after they came out of Egypt. In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s Hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly.”

WoW- Do you find yourself in this picture?I do. How often have not been hungry but was afraid that I would get hungry and there wouldn’t be anything to eat? How many times when cutting back I grumbled? Let’s look at a little behind the scenes of this passage. It is estimated there were over a million Israelites that left Egypt. Now all of these people saw the plaques the Lord sent, walked across dry land when God parted the sea, and if you think keeping your kids or grandkids on the same track is hard, what kind of miracle do you think it is keeping over a million people traveling the same way. Take the time to read all of chapter 15 and you will see they were praising God and His might to do anything.But what happens at the end- They are grumbling because there is no water.

Now look at our 1st key verse 15:27-

What did God do in the middle of the desert?

That should quieten their fears right?

Let’s look at the other key verses 16: 1-3

Don’t know how long they were gone in chap. 15 but by our calendar, within 45 days of leaving 3 times they doubted God big time (at the Red Sea was the 1st).Now, if God can part a Red Sea, don’t you think He can provide a little water and food?Look at verse1

1.Where did they stop?

2.Do you find any connection between where they stopped and what they did?

3.Read vs 6 & 7-What did God provide?

O.K. Meri, where are you going with this? What’s this got to do with losing weight and getting fit? Well discover for yourself in our reflections

Reflection:

1.How many times have you thought you were going to starve to death?

2.What did you do? Eat everything in site?

3.Are you like me, eat when you are not hungry because you are afraid you are going to get hungry later on and won’t have anything to eat?Or is that just my warped way of thinking? Please tell me I’m not alone in my thinking : )

Read verses 16 & 20-21

4.What happened?

Nuggets for our Mission

1.God promises to satisfy our needs including food and drink

We in return satisfy our wants and do that to excess. Recently I ate some wonderful ice cream at an ice cream parlor. The best I ever had-however, when chosing the size my head, my heart said the small cup will be enough, it will satisfy you. HOWEVER my eyes, my wanter said “OH no, that will never do, that will never be enough you need the largest portion.”And that is what I got. Do you know what else I got? Sick-I needed a wheel barrel to take me back to the car : ) What my eyes saw and wanted, was not what was needed, what was good, what would have satisfied. No one tempted me into getting what my eyes saw, I did it to myself. It was hard to get comfortable that night, harder to get to sleep because I was so full.

2.Can any of you relate?

3.The commentary in my Bible has this thought for all of us

“For the Israelites the manna was a gift-it came everyday and was just what they needed”

And this is what we need to learn, to retrain our eyes, our “wanter” . God will supply our needs, His Spirit will remind us (if we listen) that we don’t need anymore.If we don’t listen then our bodies have a way of telling us we have overeaten.

Also remember, the Israelites were WALKING (activity/exercise) so be sure and include some increased activity from your daily life. Any extra movement will help in getting us thinner and healthy.

BTW-This is a 2fer. I won’t be doing a Sun. devotional. God instituted a day of rest for us. And for me that is Sun. my day of worship and family.That doesn’t mean no checking in and posting – I think for most of us, Sun is our day set aside for worship and family- Looking forward to the weekly lesson starting Mon. However, as usual I got wound up on this “short” devo-sorry but sometimes I get to preaching to me and you guys are the recipients of my sermon

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Father

Thank you for all of your wonderful blessings.Thank you for Your Son and the opportunity You give each of us to be Jesus Girls and to participate in any mission You call on us to take.Help us to lean on You and each other as we seek to become healthy for You , for ourselves and our families.In times of stress, temptations, sickness, and all other things that keep getting us distracted from our mission, will You just jolt us, give us a swift kick in the behind or any other method You chose to keep us leaning on You. Bless each of us here as we encourage and support each other to achieve the goals we have and to always turn to You first instead of food.

Thank You Jesus for interceding and carrying all of our cares, burdens, joys and praises to the Father. Thank You for Your Spirit Who prompts us and guides us in the path and habits that we need to have.

In Your Son’s Name we pray

And all the Jesus Girls say Amen!

Good Morning!

Hope you all had a good week and I am so pleased with the response to yesterday’s devotional.There was 1 thing I found missing in the king’s order for the young men.Nowhere did I see were he had any physical training for them. It was all educational, proper court training, etc. Do you suppose that is why when we read about the kings that forgot God they are usually overweight?I know 1 king was killed by having a knife plunged into his belly and because he was so overweight, no one could see the knife. His servants & guards just thought he was sleeping.Are we killing ourselves with the hidden knife of overeating?

Devotion

God is so good. I had something planned for this morning but couldn’t find the book.Why looking for it, I found a Jan. 2009 Bible study book called Living in Awe of God. The study was on the book of Exodus & Israelites leaving the bondage of Egypt- From the plaques, to the 10 commandements to reaching the Promised Land. And here is what God impressed me to share with you.

Kathy-I just read your post. Now I know why God directed me to this devotional--Read on

Scripture:Ex. 15: 27; 16:1-34 NIV

Key Scripture Verses: 15:27- Then they came to Elim, where there were 12 springs & 70 palm trees & they camped there near the water.

16:1-3 – The whole Israelite community set out from Elim & came to the Desert of Sin… on the 15 day of the 2nd month after they came out of Egypt. In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s Hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly.”

WoW- Do you find yourself in this picture?I do. How often have not been hungry but was afraid that I would get hungry and there wouldn’t be anything to eat? How many times when cutting back I grumbled? Let’s look at a little behind the scenes of this passage. It is estimated there were over a million Israelites that left Egypt. Now all of these people saw the plaques the Lord sent, walked across dry land when God parted the sea, and if you think keeping your kids or grandkids on the same track is hard, what kind of miracle do you think it is keeping over a million people traveling the same way. Take the time to read all of chapter 15 and you will see they were praising God and His might to do anything.But what happens at the end- They are grumbling because there is no water.

Now look at our 1st key verse 15:27-

What did God do in the middle of the desert?

That should quieten their fears right?

Let’s look at the other key verses 16: 1-3

Don’t know how long they were gone in chap. 15 but by our calendar, within 45 days of leaving 3 times they doubted God big time (at the Red Sea was the 1st).Now, if God can part a Red Sea, don’t you think He can provide a little water and food?Look at verse1

1.Where did they stop?

2.Do you find any connection between where they stopped and what they did?

3.Read vs 6 & 7-What did God provide?

O.K. Meri, where are you going with this? What’s this got to do with losing weight and getting fit? Well discover for yourself in our reflections

Reflection:

1.How many times have you thought you were going to starve to death?

2.What did you do? Eat everything in site?

3.Are you like me, eat when you are not hungry because you are afraid you are going to get hungry later on and won’t have anything to eat?Or is that just my warped way of thinking? Please tell me I’m not alone in my thinking : )

Read verses 16 & 20-21

4.What happened?

Nuggets for our Mission

1.God promises to satisfy our needs including food and drink

We in return satisfy our wants and do that to excess. Recently I ate some wonderful ice cream at an ice cream parlor. The best I ever had-however, when chosing the size my head, my heart said the small cup will be enough, it will satisfy you. HOWEVER my eyes, my wanter said “OH no, that will never do, that will never be enough you need the largest portion.”And that is what I got. Do you know what else I got? Sick-I needed a wheel barrel to take me back to the car : ) What my eyes saw and wanted, was not what was needed, what was good, what would have satisfied. No one tempted me into getting what my eyes saw, I did it to myself. It was hard to get comfortable that night, harder to get to sleep because I was so full.

2.Can any of you relate?

3.The commentary in my Bible has this thought for all of us

“For the Israelites the manna was a gift-it came everyday and was just what they needed”

And this is what we need to learn, to retrain our eyes, our “wanter” . God will supply our needs, His Spirit will remind us (if we listen) that we don’t need anymore.If we don’t listen then our bodies have a way of telling us we have overeaten.

Also remember, the Israelites were WALKING (activity/exercise) so be sure and include some increased activity from your daily life. Any extra movement will help in getting us thinner and healthy.

BTW-This is a 2fer. I won’t be doing a Sun. devotional. God instituted a day of rest for us. And for me that is Sun. my day of worship and family.That doesn’t mean no checking in and posting – I think for most of us, Sun is our day set aside for worship and family- Looking forward to the weekly lesson starting Mon. However, as usual I got wound up on this “short” devo-sorry but sometimes I get to preaching to me and you guys are the recipients of my sermon

=============================================

Father

Thank you for all of your wonderful blessings.Thank you for Your Son and the opportunity You give each of us to be Jesus Girls and to participate in any mission You call on us to take.Help us to lean on You and each other as we seek to become healthy for You , for ourselves and our families.In times of stress, temptations, sickness, and all other things that keep getting us distracted from our mission, will You just jolt us, give us a swift kick in the behind or any other method You chose to keep us leaning on You. Bless each of us here as we encourage and support each other to achieve the goals we have and to always turn to You first instead of food.

Thank You Jesus for interceding and carrying all of our cares, burdens, joys and praises to the Father. Thank You for Your Spirit Who prompts us and guides us in the path and habits that we need to have.

Where does the week go?I thought when I wasn’t working I would have more time.But I don’t- could it be that my procrastination keeps me procrasting to long :)

I did make a major accomplishment yesterday. We have been redoing our den and had to strip out all the flooring, replace studs, had ceiling damage tear it all down, etc. This has been going on for months-Hubby is doing it. Equipment, dust, drywall, etc everywhere. Well, I happen to look in the little bathroom off of the den(going to redo it next)-didn’t think it was being used-WRONG-It was filthy. Looked like we had grey/brown fixtures instead of white : ) Anyway, it is now sparkling clean and smells soooogood.YEAH-There was no easy way to clean it but to get on hands and knees-So got a major workout.You know the Bible says God will provide our needs—Well He sure provided a workout for me yesterday. :)

What’s on your plate this weekend? Remember to call on Jesus when you are faced with weekend temptations that all of us face. Seems like I can do great during the week-but weekends I really have to stay on top of my portion control.

Where does the week go?I thought when I wasn’t working I would have more time.But I don’t- could it be that my procrastination keeps me procrasting to long :)

I did make a major accomplishment yesterday. We have been redoing our den and had to strip out all the flooring, replace studs, had ceiling damage tear it all down, etc. This has been going on for months-Hubby is doing it. Equipment, dust, drywall, etc everywhere. Well, I happen to look in the little bathroom off of the den(going to redo it next)-didn’t think it was being used-WRONG-It was filthy. Looked like we had grey/brown fixtures instead of white : ) Anyway, it is now sparkling clean and smells soooogood.YEAH-There was no easy way to clean it but to get on hands and knees-So got a major workout.You know the Bible says God will provide our needs—Well He sure provided a workout for me yesterday. :)

What’s on your plate this weekend? Remember to call on Jesus when you are faced with weekend temptations that all of us face. Seems like I can do great during the week-but weekends I really have to stay on top of my portion control.

You guys are wonderful! 3 tickers YEAH! Think this will be exciting to watch us go from 0 and then see that ticker move closer and closer to our goal.

Ruth I'm with you this is not the easiest site to figure out which code to use. It took me a while to figure it out too and I had already done it once on the other thread - remember? But it is the only site we've found that allows graphics -

It's raining here today. Some have had storms but we have had nice gentle soaking rain. I love it! My flowers are loving it.

You guys are wonderful! 3 tickers YEAH! Think this will be exciting to watch us go from 0 and then see that ticker move closer and closer to our goal.

Ruth I'm with you this is not the easiest site to figure out which code to use. It took me a while to figure it out too and I had already done it once on the other thread - remember? But it is the only site we've found that allows graphics -

It's raining here today. Some have had storms but we have had nice gentle soaking rain. I love it! My flowers are loving it.

I will try to figure out the ticker thing but have had trouble the last couple of times I tried and gave up.

I am on my occasional boycott of restaurants. I do this every now and then because we have a tendency to eat out a lot and even if you make good choices there is always hidden fats. I did eat out last night but only because It was a restaurant that served boiled crawfish and shrimp. When boiling no fat is added so I am allowed boiled seafood. Of course I opted out of the dipping sauce. I had a pound of shrimp and had enough left over for two meals at home. It is good cold although I could reheat it if I wanted to.

I am thankful today for the ability to eat out at restaurants if I choose to. God has blessed my family with the resources to more than cover our basic needs. I am aware that many people are struggling.

I am grateful for my new grand-daughter. She is a joy.

I am grateful for my two grandsons as well

I am grateful for the small amount of rain we have had recently. We needed it badly and would be grateful for more of the liquid sunshine.I am grateful for a loving and helpful husband who takes great care of me.I am just plain grateful ! ! ! God is Great !!

Hello ladies

I will try to figure out the ticker thing but have had trouble the last couple of times I tried and gave up.

I am on my occasional boycott of restaurants. I do this every now and then because we have a tendency to eat out a lot and even if you make good choices there is always hidden fats. I did eat out last night but only because It was a restaurant that served boiled crawfish and shrimp. When boiling no fat is added so I am allowed boiled seafood. Of course I opted out of the dipping sauce. I had a pound of shrimp and had enough left over for two meals at home. It is good cold although I could reheat it if I wanted to.

I am thankful today for the ability to eat out at restaurants if I choose to. God has blessed my family with the resources to more than cover our basic needs. I am aware that many people are struggling.

I am grateful for my new grand-daughter. She is a joy.

I am grateful for my two grandsons as well

I am grateful for the small amount of rain we have had recently. We needed it badly and would be grateful for more of the liquid sunshine.I am grateful for a loving and helpful husband who takes great care of me.I am just plain grateful ! ! ! God is Great !!

Now
that's a greeting I really like. This is not a new approach for me,
sad to say. I did a program at my Church and lost 79# eating
whatever I wanted but reading my Bible daily, keeping a journal
thanking God for something everyday, doing my workbook and listening
to tapes. We won't have all that here, but the principle is the same
– we'll be losing weight using God's plan. I did it the first time
for over two years and never felt better. Then I began to slip and I
now realize just how much I need God
active
in my life – in every area of it. Overeating is defiling the
Temple of the Holy Spirit. God has made all this delicious food for
us to eat, but overeating is gluttony which is, most important of
all, a sin, and if that isn't enough for us, we should look in the
mirror.

It
is so nice to see some of our gang here. I had a wonderful first day
and my goal is to continue what I'm doing. I would like to be able
to lose all my weight by October, 15, 2011.

I
am really looking forward to Monday and the start of our motivational
study.

Love
you all,

Ruth

Good
Morning Jesus Girls,

Now
that's a greeting I really like. This is not a new approach for me,
sad to say. I did a program at my Church and lost 79# eating
whatever I wanted but reading my Bible daily, keeping a journal
thanking God for something everyday, doing my workbook and listening
to tapes. We won't have all that here, but the principle is the same
– we'll be losing weight using God's plan. I did it the first time
for over two years and never felt better. Then I began to slip and I
now realize just how much I need God
active
in my life – in every area of it. Overeating is defiling the
Temple of the Holy Spirit. God has made all this delicious food for
us to eat, but overeating is gluttony which is, most important of
all, a sin, and if that isn't enough for us, we should look in the
mirror.

It
is so nice to see some of our gang here. I had a wonderful first day
and my goal is to continue what I'm doing. I would like to be able
to lose all my weight by October, 15, 2011.

I
am really looking forward to Monday and the start of our motivational
study.

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